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Public Records Act, 1993 Section 8

Title: Destruction or Disposal of Public Records

State: Central

Year: 1993

(1) Save as otherwise provided in any law for the time being in force, no public record shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of except in such mariner and subject to such condition's as may be prescribed. (2) No record created before the year 1982 shall be destroyed except where in the opinion of the Director General or, as the case may be, the head of the Archives, it is so defaced or is in such condition that it cannot be put to any archival use.

Public Records Act, 1993 Section 12

Title: Access to Public Records

State: Central

Year: 1993

(1) All unclassified public records as are more than thirty yearsold arid are transferred to the National Archives of India or the Archives of the Union territory may be, subject to such exceptions and restrictions as may be prescribed, made available to any bona fide research scholar. Explanation.For the purposes of this sub-section, the period of thirty years shall be reckoned from the year of the opening of the public record. (2) Any records creating agency may grant to any person access to any public record in its custody in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.

Public Records Act, 1993 Section 3

Title: Power of the Central Government to Co-ordinate, Regulate and Supervise Operations Connected with Administration, Management, Etc., of Public Records

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....of records and application of standards, procedures and techniques of records management; (j) survey and inspection on public records; (k) organising training programmes in various disciplines of Archives administration and records management; (l) accepting records from any private source; (m) regulating access to public records; (n) receiving records from defunct bodies and making arrangement for securing public records in the event of national emergency; (o) receiving reports on records management and disposal practices from the records Officer; (p) providing authenticated copies of, or extracts from, public records; (q) destroying or disposal of public records; (r) obtaining on lease or purchasing or accepting as gift any document of historical or national importance.

Public Records Act, 1993 Complete Act

Title: Public Records Act, 1993

State: Central

Year: 1993

Preamble1 - PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, 1993 Section1 - Short title and commencement Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Power of the Central Government to co-ordinate, regulate and supervise operations connected with administration, management, etc., of public records Section4 - Prohibition against taking of public records out of India Section5 - Records officer Section6 - Responsibilities of records officer Section7 - Records officer to take appropriate action in the event of unauthorised removal, destruction, etc., of public records in his custody Section8 - Destruction or disposal of public records Section9 - Penalty for contraventions Section10 - Public records bearing security classification Section11 - Receipt of records from private sources Section12 - Access to public records Section13 - Archival Advisory Board Section14 - Functions of the Board Section15 - Power of the Director General to lay down norms and standards for courses in archival science Section16 - Protection of action taken in good faith Section17 - Power to make rules Section18 - Laying of rules before Parliament

Public Records Act, 1993 Section 7

Title: Records Officer to Take Appropriate Action in the Event of Unauthorised Removal, Destruction, Etc., of Public Records in His Custody

State: Central

Year: 1993

(1) The records officer shall, in the event of any unauthorised removal, destruction, defacement or alteration of any public records under his charge, forthwith take appropriate action for the recovery or restoration of such public records. (2) The records officer shall submit a report in writing to the Director General or, as the ease may be, the head of the Archives without any delay on any information about any unauthorised removal, destruction, defacement or alteration of any public records under his charge and about the action initiated by him and shall take action as he may deem necessary subject to the directions, if any, given by the Director General or, as the case may be, head of the Archives. (3) The records officer may seek assistance from any government officer or any other person forthe purpose of recovery or restoration of public records and such officer or person shall render all assistance to the records officer.

Public Records Act, 1993 Preamble 1

Title: Public Records Act, 1993

State: Central

Year: 1993

THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, 1993 [Act, No. 69 of 1993] [21st December, 1993] PREAMBLE An Act to regulate the management, administration and preservation of public records of the Central Government, Union territory Administrations, public sector undertakings, statu­tory bodies and corporations, commissions and committees constituted by the Central Government or a Union territory Administration and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows :

Public Records Act, 1993 Section 4

Title: Prohibition Against Taking of Public Records out of India

State: Central

Year: 1993

No person shall take or cause to be taken out of India any public records without the prior approval of the Central Government: Provided that no such prior approval shall be required if any public records are taken or sent out of India for any official purpose.

Public Records Act, 1993 Section 10

Title: Public Records Bearing Security Classification

State: Central

Year: 1993

No public records bearing security classification shall be transferred to the National Archives of India or the Archives of the Union territory.

Public Records Act, 1993 Section 6

Title: Responsibilities of Records Officer

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....of annual, indices of public records; (i) compilation of organisational history and annual supplement thereto; (j) assisting the National Archives of India or, as the case may be the Archives of the Union territory for public records management; (k) submission of annual report to the Director General or, as the case may be, head of the Archives in such manner as may be prescribed; (l) transferring of records of any defunct body to the National Archives of India or the Archives of the Union territory, as the case may be, for preservation. (2) The records officer shall act under the direction of the Director General or, as the case may be, head of the Archives while discharging the responsibilities specified in sub-section (1).

Public Records Act, 1993 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....other legal proceedings shall lie against any person in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or the rules made thereunder. SECTION 17: POWER TO MAKE RULES (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely;- (a) the period after which public records of permanent nature may be accepted under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 3-; (b) the manner in which and the conditions subject to which public records can be destroyed under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 6-; (c) the manner in which periodical review of classified public records for downgrading shall be undertaken under clause (f) of subsection (1) of section 6-; (d) the manner in which the records officer will report to the Director General or the head of the Archives under clause (k) of subsection (1) of section 6-; (e) the manner in which and the conditions subject to which public records may be destroyed or disposed of under.....